{"id":317566,"date":"2017-05-09T08:46:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T08:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=317566"},"modified":"2017-05-09T08:46:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T08:46:57","slug":"facebook-must-delete-hate-postings-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/facebook-must-delete-hate-postings-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook must delete hate postings, court rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A court in Austria has ordered that Facebook must remove postings seen as hate speech, in a ruling that is set to have international implications.<\/p>\n<p>The case was brought by the country&#8217;s Green Party after its leader was targeted by a false account.<\/p>\n<p>The court said postings not just in Austria but worldwide must be deleted. Facebook has not yet commented.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling is seen as a victory for campaigners who want to make social media platforms combat online trolling.<\/p>\n<p>The appeals court in Vienna ruled that postings against Greens&#8217; leader Eva Glawischnig &#8211; and any verbatim re-postings &#8211; should be removed.<\/p>\n<p>It added that merely blocking the messages in Austria without removing them for users abroad was not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>The court said it was easy for Facebook to automate this process.<\/p>\n<p>A Green lawmaker, Dieter Brosz, said Facebook could no longer claim it was just a platform and needed to take responsibility for tackling hate postings.<\/p>\n<p>Internet giants including Facebook, Twitter and Google have all come under fire in many countries for failing to remove hate speech from their platforms promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, German ministers approved plans to fine social media firms up to 50m euros ($53.3m; \u00a342.7m) if they fail to remove hate speech and fake news quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The companies have recently announced measures to address the issue:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Facebook said it would hire 3,000 people to help stop hate speech, child abuse and self-harm being broadcast on the website<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Google said changes on how its core search engine works would help stop the spread of fake news and hate speech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in Austria has ordered that Facebook must remove postings seen as hate speech, in a ruling that is set to have international implications. 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